The Little Thursday Shop

Up bright and early this morning and in the shop by 9 am.  We wasn't expecting to be that busy due to everyone being exhausted from Christmas shopping but we had a really good morning.  Not only on the selling side but also we had a lot of donations.  There were no cakes this week which suited me just fine, after filling my face for the last few days the last thing I want is a cake/chocolate biscuit or sweet !

I sat down last night and drafted a plan for my writing for 2012, I have everything I need apart from a few more hours in the day.  Once the children are back at school it will be a lot easier to get a good few hours in at a time.  There are so many things I want to do and with some careful planning I hope to get them done.  As always I will keep you up to date.

I still have 2 stories out there which I am waiting for a verdict on, hopefully the new year will start with a sale

Holiday Tuesday

After the hustle and bustle of Christmas Day which included catering for 9 people hubby and |I decided to have a few lazy days.  Day 2 of lazy has been bliss.  I have been incredibly idle but refuse to feel guilty about it !  I had a bit of an emotional day yesterday, Carl bought me 'The Lion King' on DVD (which I asked for) but I'd forgotten it made me cry.  I used to watch it with my son and daughter no 1 when they were very small and just after my Gran died.  The part where Simba sees his father in the clouds gets me everytime.  I had just about got over that and pulled myself together when 'Becoming Jane' was on.  Now this is daft, I knew it would make me cry, because it always does, but I sat and watched it anyway - Doh !

No sad films today, but we did watch 'Rise of the Planet of The Apes' which was very, very thought provoking and a brilliant film with a lesson which SHOUDd be heeded, for us all.

Off out to look at Sofas tomorrow, not sure if I am looking forward to it or not but the fresh air will be good at least.

Christmas Countdown Pt 2

I have been so busy and sadly have neglected my blog.  Realistically I expect my posts will be patchy over the Christmas period but I hope to be back on track before the new year.  I hope you can bear with me until then.

Christmas Countdown

I thought I had planned things reasonably well this year BUT I am still running around chasing my tail and tomorrow looks no better.  The shops are packed, the roads are busy and my feet are killing me.  I have not managed any meaningful writing but hope to bag some time towards the end of the week.

Some good news, my son is coming home for Christmas.  He arrives tonight with his girlfriend and I am really looking forward to having him stay.  Daughter no. 2 is back tonight as well so it will be a real full house !!

Last night I went out to the Watford Writers Christmas meal and had a really good time.  They really are such a great group and I am so glad they allowed me to join them.

Tomorrow I am going to see my friends week old baby, I am hoping for a really big cuddle.

Friendship Friday

Last day of term for both the girls today and, neither of them were well enough to go in.  Nothing serious but they were both so tired (and moody) I think it did them both good.

I had a lovely surprise.  My friend Linda phoned me and we had a great chat.  I met Linda at Swanwick Writers Summer School and liked her immediately, which isn't often the case with me.  We have kept in touch via email but this was the first time we have spoken to each other since August.  Over that time we have discovered we have a lot more in common that writing, she is an inspiration is so many ways.  I am looking forward to many more phone calls in the coming year.

Not as much work done today as I would have liked but I did manage to develop a few ideas which had been on the back burner.  Well, you know the old saying, big things grow from small acorns.

This & That Thursday

Such a busy day today.  I was in the shop this morning and we were one man down for a few hours, but of course that meant that more people came through the door.  Once we were back on board and fully staffed it got quieter, typical.  Don't get me wrong I love my Thursday's but this one was manic. 

On the way home from the shop I needed to pop into the post office for a few bits and it was packed in there too.  It is only a sub-post office so as you can imagine there is just the one queue.  I couldn't go and come back later because I only had half an hour before school run time.  Made it to the school with 10 minutes to spare.

I am hoping for a less busy day tomorrow so I can sit and make up time on my writing. 

Writing Wednesday

Today has been a good day.  I have been working on a pen portrait for Mslexia magazine and today I stopped dragging my heels and actually sent it off.  Of course, I won't be notified if they will use it or not for the Spring issue until Feb/March time.  So I have pushed it to the back of my mind for now.

There is still no word from Woman's Weekly or The Weekly News regarding the short stories I submitted but then as the stories are not seasonal they are probably lingering in somebodies pending tray.  Everything comes to he who waits and in this writing game there is an awful lot of waiting.  That is why it is a good thing to have several projects in the mix at once.  I tend to have ideas for stories stomping around in my head for a while before I actually draft anything.  I find it easier to scrawl it down on paper rather than stare at a blank computer screen, paper allows you to ramble more.